Section 250.10  Maintenance of Office and Keeping of Records

 

All public utilities made subject to the jurisdiction and supervision of the Illinois Commerce Commission by "An Act concerning public utilities," as amended, be, and they are hereby, ordered to maintain an office within the State and in such office keep all books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda as are employed in their uniform classification of accounts and/or used in connection  with their utility business conducted within the State.

 

Section 250.20  Authority to Maintain Out-of-State Location

 

The aforestated requirements shall not apply against those public utilities that have received authority from the Commission to keep all or any of their books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda at some location outside of the State (to the extent of the special authority received), providing that such public utilities shall file proof with the Chief Clerk of the Commission of such grant of authority, within a reasonable time after the effective date of this Part.

 

Section 250.30  Address of Office(s)

 

All public utilities shall file with the Chief Clerk of the Commission the address of the office, or offices, in which the said books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda are kept.

 

Section 250.40  Special Circumstances

 

When special circumstances affecting any particular public utility necessitate keeping its said books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda, or any of them, outside the State, then upon proper application and hearing, the Commission may authorize such books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda to be kept outside of the State if the facts and circumstances warrant, and then only upon such conditions as may be imposed to facilitate the proper administration of the Act.

 

Section 250.50  Distribution

 

This Part shall be mailed to the public utilities of this State.  It shall be in force and effect thirty (30) days from the date of its passage, provided that any public utility, prior to the effective date of this Part, may, upon the filing of a proper application, have the  Chief Clerk of the Commission set the matter for immediate hearing to determine the reasonableness of the requirements of this Part as to that particular utility.